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pricking Definition and Meaning in English (pricking definition)

noun
Synonyms:stingingpiercingpuncturing
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Pricking definition: The sharp, stinging sensation caused by a small, pointed object.

Definitions of Pricking

  1. 1noun

    The sharp, stinging sensation caused by a small, pointed object.

  2. 2verb

    The action of making a small hole or wound with a sharp point.

Example Sentences

casual

“She felt a sudden pricking sensation in her finger.”

casual

“The nurse was careful with the pricking of the needle.”

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infinitiveprick
third person singularpricks
past tensepricked
agent nounpricker
adjectiveprickly

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Pricking definition: The sharp, stinging sensation caused by a small, pointed object.
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